Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldie…

how did the little boy say bye to the old man?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little boy · What happens: do, say · To what, where: bye · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 922 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldier is found again in a new garden» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 boy	amod
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	ccomp
7	bye	bye	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 say	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 man	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 man	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bye	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the little boy	bye					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bye=Topic

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

he tipped his cap and said nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tipped	nsubj
2	tipped	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 cap	nmod:poss
4	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tipped	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 said	cc
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tipped	conj
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tip	past	he	his cap					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	he not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 2

he stood still on the step and bowed deeply to the coffin until it was out of sight

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	still	still	ADV	_	2 stood	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 step	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 step	det
6	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 bowed	cc
8	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stood	conj
9	deeply	deeply	ADV	_	8 bowed	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 coffin	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 coffin	det
12	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bowed	obl
13	until	until	SCONJ	_	18 sight	mark
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 sight	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 sight	cop
16	out	out	ADP	_	18 sight	case
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 sight	case
18	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bowed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	he		still	on the step	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location
2	bow	past	he not said here			to the coffin; deeply property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to coffin=Theme
3	is	past	coffin	sight			tree rules

Option 3

he ran after the cart shouting the old man's name until his mother called him home

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	ADP	_	5 cart	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cart	det
5	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obl
6	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 ran	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 name	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 man	case
11	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shouting	obj
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	15 called	mark
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mother	nmod:poss
14	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 called	nsubj
15	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	advcl
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 called	obj
17	home	home	ADV	_	15 called	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	he			after the cart		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shout speech: express	gerund	he not said here	the old man's name				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic
3	call	past	man's mother		man		home property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
4	name		the old man					nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he kissed his hand to the coffin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kissed	nsubj
2	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kissed	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 coffin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 coffin	det
7	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kissed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	past	he	his hand				to the coffin	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent

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